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After 10 years of failed remedies, oy-the shelf diets
and meds that sometimes made my illness worse… I
went to my specialist who shook his head, smiled
sympathetically, and told me,
‘Your IBD is what we call non-responsive’.
Which meant my illness was so severe that all known
treatments would be ineyective for me.
Today I know that’s nonsense. My IBD did respond –
magni|cently. It’s just that it wasn’t my
gastroenterologist’s treatment that it responded to –
it was something much, much better.
And if you currently suyer from IBD this is the key
point. It’s not that the illness can’t be treated – it can.
But it depends on how you’re treating it. Standard
medications might give some relief… but the
underlying illness itself doesn’t go away.
Because these treatments aren’t designed to get rid
of the illness. They simply try to suppress the
symptoms. Underneath, we’re as ill as ever – and,
often, getting gradually worse.
The uncomfortable reality of
IBD: If I hadn’t handled it